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VZVZILZ? 7^7? L/6ZZV0.
saw tbe worbs ok Da Vinci, be was perfectly astonisbed. Ibis st)de
pleased bim better tban an^ otber; be studied it, and lekt b^ degrees,
and not witbout dilbcult^, tbe st^ls okBerugino.'^
One ok tbe earliest pictures b/ Bapbael, nt Florence, is tbe "lVladonna,"
usually called -ZeZ 7Zr^r«. Ibis still resembles tbs scbool okBerugino,
but tbe drawing i8 more studied, and ok a bibber cbaracter. dlbe bold,
commanding and 1uminou8 st^le, in wbicb tbe painting stands out krorn
tbe background, mabes tbe bgure and bivine expression ok tbe bead 8tiII
more impressive. Ibanbs to nil tbege qualities united, tbis lVIadonna
produces tbe ekkect ok n supernatural apparition. In 8bort, it is one ok
tbe master-pieces ok Bapbael.
Ibis Nadonna long remained unbnown, until tbe da/ wbsn tbe lnte
Dubs Berdinand ok Vuscan^ acquired it. lde becnme so attacbed to it,
tbnt be carried it witb bim in nll bis migrations, nncl it was krom bim tbnt
it received its nnme. Ibis inclinntion, or rntber, tbis veneration, is still
more decided witb tbe present clucbess, wbo, baving nt lnst presented tbe
country witb nn beir-presumptive, nttributes tbe blessing entirely to ber
praters to Bapbael's " lVIadonna."
ZVnotber beautiful lVlnclonnn ok tbis time bns been recently purcbnsecl
kor tbs Berlin Museum, ok tbe lerrnnuovn family, wbo bad possessed it
krom tbs time it quitted tbe bands ok Bapbael. It is ok a round sbnpe.
1?be Virgin is bending forwards towards Lt. ^obn, wbo is presenting a
scroll, inscribed witb tbe words : ZVr, to ^sesus, seated on bis
motber's lap. On tbe otber side, n tbird cbild leaning on Nara's bnees
is gating on Lbrist. ZV ricb landscape adds anotber beauty to tbis
valuable painting.
ZVmongst tbe pictures tbat Bapbael painted during bis brst residence
at Florence, must be included tbe portrait ok a ^oung man, wbo, to^'udge
krom bis costume, must bave belonged to a patrician family. Ibis
' ^VccorcllnA to Liucsnrn, IZottnri must bnvs seen in tbe bouse os Lenscletto Luti, a
portrait os Uspbusl, wbicb be believed to be b/ tbe bund os Ou Vinci; srom tbis be
drew a proof os tbs uKectlon tbat tbs old master must bave sett lor tbs ^oun§ painter os
Urbino. Ibis drawing, wbicb passed srom tbs collection os V. Lent, Lsc^. to tbat os
Osnsrul V. Lluise, and wbicb is now at Lbrist Lburcb LollsZe, Oxford, probabl/ in-
deed represents Rapbasl at about twenty ^sars os a§e, but kas no relation witb tbs
execution os Leonardo. It is probably b^ a friend, or fellow pupil os Hapbaebs. IZottari
is also mistabsn, wbsn be concludes tbs oil-paintin§, in tbs Oaller/ at Florence, attri-
buted to Leonardo, to be intended for tbe ^oun§ Kapbael, wbom in reabt/ it does not
at all resemble.
VZVZILZ? 7^7? L/6ZZV0.
saw tbe worbs ok Da Vinci, be was perfectly astonisbed. Ibis st)de
pleased bim better tban an^ otber; be studied it, and lekt b^ degrees,
and not witbout dilbcult^, tbe st^ls okBerugino.'^
One ok tbe earliest pictures b/ Bapbael, nt Florence, is tbe "lVladonna,"
usually called -ZeZ 7Zr^r«. Ibis still resembles tbs scbool okBerugino,
but tbe drawing i8 more studied, and ok a bibber cbaracter. dlbe bold,
commanding and 1uminou8 st^le, in wbicb tbe painting stands out krorn
tbe background, mabes tbe bgure and bivine expression ok tbe bead 8tiII
more impressive. Ibanbs to nil tbege qualities united, tbis lVIadonna
produces tbe ekkect ok n supernatural apparition. In 8bort, it is one ok
tbe master-pieces ok Bapbael.
Ibis Nadonna long remained unbnown, until tbe da/ wbsn tbe lnte
Dubs Berdinand ok Vuscan^ acquired it. lde becnme so attacbed to it,
tbnt be carried it witb bim in nll bis migrations, nncl it was krom bim tbnt
it received its nnme. Ibis inclinntion, or rntber, tbis veneration, is still
more decided witb tbe present clucbess, wbo, baving nt lnst presented tbe
country witb nn beir-presumptive, nttributes tbe blessing entirely to ber
praters to Bapbael's " lVIadonna."
ZVnotber beautiful lVlnclonnn ok tbis time bns been recently purcbnsecl
kor tbs Berlin Museum, ok tbe lerrnnuovn family, wbo bad possessed it
krom tbs time it quitted tbe bands ok Bapbael. It is ok a round sbnpe.
1?be Virgin is bending forwards towards Lt. ^obn, wbo is presenting a
scroll, inscribed witb tbe words : ZVr, to ^sesus, seated on bis
motber's lap. On tbe otber side, n tbird cbild leaning on Nara's bnees
is gating on Lbrist. ZV ricb landscape adds anotber beauty to tbis
valuable painting.
ZVmongst tbe pictures tbat Bapbael painted during bis brst residence
at Florence, must be included tbe portrait ok a ^oung man, wbo, to^'udge
krom bis costume, must bave belonged to a patrician family. Ibis
' ^VccorcllnA to Liucsnrn, IZottnri must bnvs seen in tbe bouse os Lenscletto Luti, a
portrait os Uspbusl, wbicb be believed to be b/ tbe bund os Ou Vinci; srom tbis be
drew a proof os tbs uKectlon tbat tbs old master must bave sett lor tbs ^oun§ painter os
Urbino. Ibis drawing, wbicb passed srom tbs collection os V. Lent, Lsc^. to tbat os
Osnsrul V. Lluise, and wbicb is now at Lbrist Lburcb LollsZe, Oxford, probabl/ in-
deed represents Rapbasl at about twenty ^sars os a§e, but kas no relation witb tbs
execution os Leonardo. It is probably b^ a friend, or fellow pupil os Hapbaebs. IZottari
is also mistabsn, wbsn be concludes tbs oil-paintin§, in tbs Oaller/ at Florence, attri-
buted to Leonardo, to be intended for tbe ^oun§ Kapbael, wbom in reabt/ it does not
at all resemble.